Top 53 Scientist microbiology Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area, Ca

Research Associate, Biology
Anthropic —San Francisco, CA
- $65,000 - $85,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Bachelor of Science
- Office
- Bachelor's degree
- Parental leave
- Flexible schedule
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Biological Safety Research Scientist
Anthropic —San Francisco, CA
- $300,000 - $405,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Office
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
- Parental leave
- Flexible schedule
Scientist, HIV Virology
Parallel Bio —San Francisco, CA
- $110,000 - $124,000 a year
- Full-time
- Senior level
Research Associate, Biology
ZymoChem —San Leandro, CA
- $80,000 - $114,000 a year
- Full-time
- Bachelor of Science
- Mid-level
- Bachelor's degree
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
Scientist I - Virology
Dawar Consulting, Inc. —Foster City, CA
- $57.50 an hour
- Email
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- Mid-level
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Laboratory Analyst - Level 1 (Hayward Area)
Envirocheck —Hayward, CA
- $24.50 - $27.00 an hour
- Full-time
- No experience needed
- Bachelor's degree
- Entry level
- Paid holidays
- Health insurance
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Asst/Assoc Project Scientist - Field Stations and Nature Reserves
University of California Berkeley —Berkeley, CA
- $79,400 - $119,500 a year
- Online Application
- Mid-level
- Analysis skills
- University
Research Associate - Systems Biology & Phage Therapy (Silas Lab)
Gladstone Institutes —San Francisco, CA
- $28.35 - $32.67 an hour
- Weekends as needed
- Microsoft Excel
- Surgery
- Bachelor of Science
- Commuter assistance
- Health insurance
Temporary Research Associate
Switch Bioworks —San Carlos, CA
- $30 an hour
- Temporary
- Bachelor of Science
- Quality control
- US work authorization
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Staff Research Associate
University of California San Francisco —San Francisco, CA
- Full-time
- Bachelor of Science
- Mid-level
- Bachelor's degree
Associate Scientist I (Contract), Research
Vaxcyte —San Carlos, CA
- $40 - $45 an hour
- Contract
- Bachelor of Science
- Mid-level
- Bachelor's degree
Specialist- Noble Lab
UC San Francisco Academic —San Francisco, CA
- $93,200 - $194,800 a year
- Online Application
- Doctoral degree
- University
- Experience equivalent to degree accepted
Clinic Laboratory Scientist
Chinese Hospital —San Francisco, CA
- $52.55 - $87.77 an hour
- Full-time
- Hospital
- Customer service
- Mid-level
Nayak Lab - Full Specialist
UC San Francisco Academic —San Francisco, CA
- $93,200 - $194,800 a year
- Online Application
- Medicine
- Analysis skills
- Doctor of Philosophy
Clinical Lab Scientist Generalist
Sutter Health —Castro Valley, CA
- $64.98 - $81.14 an hour
- 8 hour shift
- Hospital
- English
- Mid-level
Clinical Laboratory Scientist Generalist
Sutter Health —Oakland, CA
- $66.36 - $82.88 an hour
- 8 hour shift
- Hospital
- Mid-level
- Analysis skills
Bioinformatics Data Scientist II
Heluna Health —Richmond, CA
- $91,500 - $117,588 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Computer Science
Bioinformaticist Research Scientist (Joint Genome Institute)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory —San Francisco Bay Area, CA
- $82,860 - $198,888 a year
- Full-time
- Background check
- Mid-level
- Analysis skills
- Health insurance
- 401(k)
11d
Assistant Project Scientist-Herbert Wertheim School of Optomery and Vision Science
University of California Berkeley —Berkeley, CA
- $79,400 - $92,200 a year
- Online Application
- Maintenance
- Mid-level
- University
8d
Metabolic Engineering Research Associate I
Recombia Biosciences, Inc. —Brisbane, CA
- $62,000 - $75,000 a year
- Bachelor's degree
- 1 year
- Communication skills
- Paid holidays
- Dental insurance
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Research Associate, Biology

Anthropic -
San Francisco, CA

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Job Details

$65,000 - $85,000 a year
9 days ago

Benefits

Parental leave
Flexible schedule

Qualifications

AI models
Laboratory experiment design
Laboratory project records management
AI tools proficiency
Molecular cloning
Biochemical laboratory techniques
Scientific protocols
Agarose gel electrophoresis
Research data analysis
Handling nucleic acids
Sterile laboratory techniques

Full Job Description

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the team

Anthropic's Life Sciences team is building a world-class research group focused on making fundamental biological discoveries. The team combines cutting-edge AI with hands-on biological research, positioning Anthropic at the forefront of AI-accelerated scientific discovery.

About the role

We are hiring Research Associates: early-career bench scientists who will join a small team to help establish our biology research program. This is an entry-level role, great for individuals who have done some research during an undergrad or masters program and may be considering pursuing a PhD in Life Sciences in the future.

You'll work directly alongside senior scientists, executing and troubleshooting experiments at the bench while learning advanced techniques in a fast-moving, highly collaborative environment. We value curiosity, careful hands, and the willingness to take ownership of a result. Our scientists are eager to teach; we're hiring for motivation and trajectory as much as for existing skill.

This is a fully hands-on bench role — while familiarity with computational biology and bioinformatics is welcome, the role does not involve AI/ML model development.

Key responsibilities

Execute molecular biology and biochemistry experiments at the bench under the direction of senior scientists
Maintain meticulous, reproducible records and contribute to shared protocols
Troubleshoot experiments, propose adjustments, and present results clearly in group meetings
Maintain mammalian and bacterial cell lines, materials stocks, and reagent inventories
Learn and adopt new techniques rapidly as projects evolve, with training provided

Minimum qualifications

Have hands-on research experience in molecular biology, biochemistry, or a closely related field
Are proficient with foundational molecular biology techniques: PCR, gel electrophoresis, molecular cloning, and plasmid preparation
Have experience with aseptic technique and bacterial or mammalian cell culture, and with nucleic acid extraction, purification, and quantification
Follow, document, and adapt experimental protocols with care and precision
Are highly motivated, eager to learn, and energized by hands-on bench work
Are practical and resourceful — you'd rather find a way through than a reason it can't be done
Listen carefully, take feedback well, ask good questions, and are comfortable when priorities shift quickly
Are excited to use AI models as a tool at the bench to plan experiments, interpret data, and decide what to try next

Preferred qualifications

A BS or MS in molecular biology, biochemistry, chemical biology, microbiology, bioengineering, or a related discipline
Protein expression and purification experience (e.g., affinity, SEC, IEX)
Mammalian cell culture experience, including transfection and stable line maintenance
Enzyme kinetics or quantitative biochemical assay development (fluorescence, absorbance, FRET)
Next-generation sequencing library preparation experience
Familiarity with common bioinformatics workflows and molecular biology software (e.g., sequence analysis, alignment, primer and construct design)
Experience using AI tools such as Claude in a research setting — for literature review, protocol drafting, data interpretation, or experimental troubleshooting

This is a rare opportunity to help define how a frontier AI company does biology. You'll learn quickly, work closely with people who want to teach, and see your results feed directly into how the most capable AI models are evaluated and improved.

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary:

$65,000 - $85,000 USD

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.

How we're different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.

The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.

Come work with us!

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.

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scientist microbiology jobs in san francisco bay area, ca

Research Associate, Biology

Biological Safety Research Scientist

Scientist, HIV Virology

Research Associate, Biology

Scientist I - Virology

Laboratory Analyst - Level 1 (Hayward Area)

Asst/Assoc Project Scientist - Field Stations and Nature Reserves

Research Associate - Systems Biology & Phage Therapy (Silas Lab)

Temporary Research Associate

Staff Research Associate

Associate Scientist I (Contract), Research

Specialist- Noble Lab

Clinic Laboratory Scientist

Nayak Lab - Full Specialist

Clinical Lab Scientist Generalist

Clinical Laboratory Scientist Generalist

Bioinformatics Data Scientist II

Bioinformaticist Research Scientist (Joint Genome Institute)

Assistant Project Scientist-Herbert Wertheim School of Optomery and Vision Science

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